Oatmeal: comfort & convenience
Oatmeal is one of my very favorite comfort foods, cooked with milk, served nice thick and warm. Perhaps further garnished with a TB or so of granola, or sliced fruit. And, if I want to change it up, couscous also makes a nice breakfast cereal.
And I'll admit I have a convenience food fondness for the Quaker Instant flavor with raisins, dates and walnuts. But it wouldn't hurt to try....
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN INSTANT OATMEAL:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/05/09/making-your-own-homemade-oatmeal-packets-a-visual-guide-and-cost-analysis/
WHY YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR OWN OATMEAL:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/how-to-make-oatmeal-wrong/
And I'll admit I have a convenience food fondness for the Quaker Instant flavor with raisins, dates and walnuts. But it wouldn't hurt to try....
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN INSTANT OATMEAL:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/05/09/making-your-own-homemade-oatmeal-packets-a-visual-guide-and-cost-analysis/
WHY YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR OWN OATMEAL:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/how-to-make-oatmeal-wrong/